Hair-support



R. AND G. SCHEANBLUM.

HAIR SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12. 1920.

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alitozvwad UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAIR-SUPPORT.

Application filed March 12, 1926.

To all w ham it may concern:

Be it known that we, Ronnnr SCHEAN- BLUM and GRACE SCHEANBLUM, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvments in hair supports or foundations.

Heretofore hair supports or foundations of an open wire character have been employed for the purpose of attractively arranging the hair and support the same above the scalp to allow a free air circulation, but as far as we are aware all of the devices now in use are inefficient and unserviceable because of the inability to securely fasten the adjacent ends of the supporting base against accidental disengagement, and the fact that the hair is so tightly gripped by the hair engaging loops that it is practically impossible to adjust the support when on the head to properly position the same, or to readjust the support after a slipping thereof without twisting and pulling the strands of hair, which is manifestly a source of much irritation to the user and results in an appreciable tangling of the hair.

The present invention aims to provide a hair support constructed of relatively light material having a suitable base seating on the scalp of the user, in combination with means for securely locking the adjacent ends of the base after the hair has been inserted in the loop of the support against accidental displacement. I

The invention also contemplates a hair foundation having a hair receiving loop disposed within the confines of the foundation base composed of separated strands to permit of the insertion of the hair therein, and to enable the support to be adjusted when placed upon the scalp without a tendency of pulling or twisting the hair.

It is also a salient feature of the invention to provide a foundation having a base, and oppositely disposed hair supports, eX- tending from the base at different angles to a point of juncture, thereby enabling the user to have what is .known as a high or low hair dress without removing the support from the head, inasmuch as the construction thereof permits a reversal of the support after the same has been applied.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Serial No. 365,193.

A further object of the invention is to provide a practical support, simple in con struction, yet efiicient in operation, and one that when installed will enable the strands of hair to be so arranged as to give the appearance of an abundance of hair without the employment of switches and other false hair.

In the accompanying.drawings we have shown a single embodiment of the invention, but this is merely for the purpose of illustration, and not limitation, and the construction is of course subject to many changes without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents the device installed upon the hair for giving a low hair dress;

Fig. 2 represents the device reversed to give a high hair dress; and,

F1gs. 3, 4 and 5 are detail views of the device.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts, the numeral 1 designates a base, which is preferably constructed of light wire, and may or may not be covered with a fabric, the base being coiled or looped at the point 2 to provide a hook portion adapted to cooperate with the elongated eye 3 for securing the adjacent ends of the base together when the device is in use. The base 1 is formed at one side with a continuation 4: extending laterally therefrom at an angle of substantially 45 degrees. The supporting member alextends only partially across the supporting base 1, and terminates at a point well within the central point of the base, being connected at its free end by a twisting of the wire of the support -11; as indicated by the reference character 5 with a loop (3, the same forming a continuation of the adjacent ends of the base.

@ne of the salient features of the present invention is the provision of the loop 6 consisting of the separated supports, extending from one end of the supporting base and thence curved at the point 7 and rebent to be connected with the other end of the base. The rebent }Oltl0i1 of the loop is formed with an angular extension 8 of a material width, spaced from the base 3 and forming there-with an elongated hook adapted to co operate with the hook 2 when the device is installed. The provision of this elongated hook enables the hair to be inserted between the strands of the support 6 as disclosed in Figs. 1 and 2, yet permits the adjacent ends of the base to be positively connected with out crossing the strands of the support 6, and thereby causing a twisting of the hair. In other words, when the device is installed, the hair is inserted between the strands of the support 6 and the hooks 2 and 3 brought together, forming a secure union for the adjacent ends of the base, yet enabling the entire support to be shifted to properly position the same on the scalp of the user, and for the purpose of reversing the support for a reason which will later appear.

It will be observed that the angle of the support 6 is materially less than the angle of the support 4, and is of aconsiderable greater length.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the support may be shifted while in the hair of the user from the position shown in Fig. 1, wherein the hair is given what is termed a low dress to the position shown in Fig. 2 to give the hair a high dress or elevate the same a material distance from the scalp as is preferable to the user. These difierent hair dresses may be made without removing the support from the hair of the user, but merely by shifting the same as indicated. This shifting of the support is permitted because of the fact that the hair is loosely held between the strands of the support 6, andthe entire support may be bodily moved without pulling or tearing the hair. it will also be observed thatthe complemental hooks 2 and 3 are so constructed that when united a substantially permanent union results and the adjacent ends of these hooks will not have a tendency to become disengaged.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim is: j

1. A hair support having a suitable base, and means for uniting the adjacent ends of said base, of hair supporting elements ex tending therefrom in opposite directions, said elements being connected together and one of a length greater than the other.

2. A hair support having a. suitable base, hair supporting elements extending from said base, and projecting thereabove, the supporting element at one side of the sup port being disposed at a greater angle than the'element at the other side of the support.

A hair foundation of the character described-having a base provided with detachably connected ends, of hair supports extending from said base upwardly at an angle,- one of said supports being disposed ata reater angle than the other. 7

4. hair support ofthe character described having a base provided with separable, ends, and means for uniting said ends, comprising complemental hook the scribed comprising a supporting base, anda loop fashioned to loosely receive the strands of hair therein, a supporting element extending from the base and at an elevation greater than that of the loop permittingthe foundation to be reversed, for the purpose described.

6. A foundation of the character described having a base, and hair supports extending therefrom, said hair supports being disposed at different angles relative to the base, and one fashioned to receive the strand of hair loosely to permit the -foundation to be reversed while on the head of the user, for the purpose described.

' 7. A hair foundation having a base, a hair supporting means carried by said base extending thereacrosathe supporting means near one side of the basebeing disposed at a greater angle relative to thebase than the angle occupied by the supportin means at the opposite side of the base.

8. Ahair foundation having a base, and means for uniting the adjacent ends of said base, and hair supporting means carried by said base, and disposed 'thereabove, said supporting means at one side of the base being'disposed at a greater angle relative to the base than the angle occupied by the opposite side of the supporting means.

9. A hair foundation of the character described comprising a base provided with detachably connected ends, a hair support extending across said base, said support at one side of the base being disposed at a greater angle than the angle occupied with the support connected at the opposite side of the base;

10. A hair support provided with detachably connected ends, and means for uniting said ends comprising complemental hooks, one of said hooks being provided with an outwardly bent extension, while the other book is formed with a rebent and outwardly extending part forming with the outwardly extending part of the first mentioned hook, an open loop whenthe complemental hooks are disengaged.

11. A hair foundation comprising a base,

a loop loosely supported by the base to receive the hair, and supporting means cooperatmg with said loop and disposed at a different relative elevation with respect to the base for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we afiix our s1gna- 

